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Gaps are closing, one meter of a distance, before darkness shifted and bended above and towards the distance that gaped Shen and the woman, Shen was halted in his tracks as he was once again confronted by the forbidden darkness of their long time sealed away secrets.

He manipulates and controls it with little effort, clearly the man who he had known so well is not simply wasting away his time, but knowing Zed, it is logical and considerable when one considers his thirst for power.

"Aggression is clear in your voice, Zed... You forsake the order's teaching even further." Shen stood still and firm. "Through it is evident that you have found something you still are capable of caring about..."

It is evident that he caught that whisper with his own ears and the result was rather... Interesting.

Shen retraced his steps to put a bit of distance between him and that dark corrupted hand.

"Even through that was a trait you clearly lacked before."

Shen gave one last glance to his mortal enemy and his disciple, before darting off into the distance. He had chased far enough and the villagers and Zen requires his attention.

As he made off into the distance, Shen can't help but think and recollect the actions and words of the woman that he had chased into enemy hands. Perhaps she remains yet unconquered by the Lord of Shadow's will, but Shen had a hunch that Zed's trust in her may not be returned in heart and full.

The portal at the base of the hand closed, snapping it off. A poof of black smoke was that was left as the hand simply vanished. Zed stood in his realm, still staring at the blood in his hand. Finally, everything was clearing out, this had been far more eventful than planned.

Hopefully Shen would leave for good now. A large yawn came from Zed and he actually stretch from inside the shadow realm. All this manipulation had tired him, tomorrow he would make his statement. Better to be well rested for then, much stress had come from today. His eyes were dim and hardly cast any light now. He blinked wearily before beginning a portal, this one led to the backup camp, into his own quarters.

He sent one final message to Kuromei, "Find somewhere safe, the day is over." He whispered to the shadows.

Too tired to do anything else, Zed crawled through the portal then on his bed and practically passed out. Almost nothing would be able to wake him until the morning.

An expected encounter with his one and truly long standing opposition ended swiftly with the retreat of the azure ninja, who darted amongst tree lines making his way back to the village. The security and safety of the remaining villagers who did not march to the battlefields should be secured and taken care of, he returns to a concerned Zen, making inquiries.

"Zed's disciple, it is quite clear who she is associating herself with. I can see that Zed has spend time on training and perfecting his techniques..."

Through it would be foolish to say that the Eye of Twilight didn't have a few tricks up his sleeves. But those are for another time as they needed to pull out the villagers and make haste with it, this area still remains in Zed's jurisdiction and Shen does not want a full scale conflict without the firm backup of his order and the unnecessary risks of villagers hindering progress.

"We need to pull out these villagers, Zed's foreboding words leaves very little time for action so we need to make haste."

Shen shares his words and consulted the remaining villagers that remains within their households and had gotten divided opinions. Some wishes to go with them while others wished to remain and wait for the eventual arrival of their families and friends back from their war.

Shen quickly organized and made his way with Zen along with the villagers back to the calm and welcoming doors of the Kinkou Order. What he did first, was to call a meeting with the rest of the prominent members of the Kinkou, Akali and Kennen, Zen beside him, to discuss the problems and solutions that they face with an increasing risk from Zed's Order and also the remaining Hadoi villages who remain near the outskirts of Zed's area of control.

"The villagers that have followed us are either individual without ties or individual who are no longer dreaming."

Shen paused for a second before continuing with his sentences.

"Through you cannot say that it is impossible to rekindle a spark within a man's heart, you can say that people always hope for the best, but never prepares for the worst."

Shen was well aware of the villagers trailing behind leading up into a line and that they are doing so willingly, a thorough back ground check after their arrival back to the Kinkou Order should be able to cleanse potential threats, those that are simply finding somewhere to escape however, could always resort to the local villages, as communities started to form around the newly established order.

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Matters are being discussed in the temple and the atmosphere slowly starts to boil as heated discussions and arguments started to occur as to whether the Kinkou should remain isolate or to expose them self further to the outer world and community, Shen sat still and listened to the ongoing chaos. He would wait for a moment to address the concern himself.

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((The Kinkou Meeting continues in the Kinkou Order thread))

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